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CONTACT

Zoom: mdastgheib

Programming Skills

Experienced with:

R

Markdown

Familiar with:

Python

Git

SQL

MATLAB-SPM12

LaTeX

Languages

Persian: Native

English: Proficient

French: Beginner

Nationality

Canadian

Iranian

Main

Mohammad Dastgheib

I am a cognitive neuroscientist, with a background in human memory consolidation. My research interests include learning and perceptual memory in older adults as well as its applications in early detection of neurodegenerative disorders.

Education

PhD Student, Psychology

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA

current - 2021

  • Preliminary thesis title: How Locus Coeruleus Integrity in Older Adults Mediates Perceptual and Memory Processes?
  • Supervisors: Aaron R. Seitz, PhD; Ilana J. Bennett, PhD

M.Sc., Psychology

Queen’s University

Kingston, ON

2020 - 2017

Hon. B.Sc., Biological Sciences, Psychology (double major)

York University

Toronto, ON

2017 - 2013

  • Thesis: Are Older Adults’ Attitudes about Aging Influenced by a Psychoeducational Program?
  • Supervisors: Jill B. Rich, PhD, CPsych (York University); Angela K. Troyer, PhD, CPsych (Baycrest Hospital)

B.Eng., Chemical Engineering

Azad University

Tehran, Iran

2012 - 2008

  • unfinished

Work

Research Assistant I

International Centre for Surgical Safety (ICSS) — Surgical Safety Technologies (SST)

Toronto, ON

2021

  • Artificial Intelligence Annotator
  • Assisted in the development of a state-of-the-art instance segmentation module for surgical tool detection and tracking
  • Applied algorithms for quantifying inter-rater reliability metrics amongst the participating surgical analysts
  • Conducted an in-depth surgical review of relevant healthcare papers in the machine learning domain

Academic Experience

Graduate Student Researcher

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA

current - 2021

  • Data collection and analysis of behavioural and neuroimaging tasks

Graduate Research Assistant

Neuroplasticity lab

Queen’s University

2019 - 2017

  • Supervising volunteers
  • Monitoring human sleep by EEG/EMG/EOG recordings

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Psychology

Queen’s University

2019 - 2018

  • Taught occasionally, Held weekly tutorials, Marking assignments and exams
  • Advanced Perception (Prof. Niko Troje, Winter 2018)
  • Introduction to Cognition (Prof. Monica Castelhano, Winter 2018 and Winter 2019)
  • Introduction to Comparative Cognition (Prof. Cella Olmstead, Fall 2019)
  • Brain & Behaviour I (Prof. Tyson Baker, Fall 2019)
  • History of Modern Psychology (Prof. Cella Olmstead, Winter 2019)

Persian Literature and Composition Instructor

Mofid Middle School

Tehran, Iran

2012 - 2011

  • Supervisor: Mostafa Moeini

Research Experience

Research Volunteer

International Centre for Surgical Safety (ICSS)

Toronto, ON

2020

  • Data collection and EEG monitoring on surgeons in the OR
  • Supervisor: Dr. Bonnie Armstrong, PhD
  • cancelled due to COVID-19

Research Fellow

Toronto General Hospital, Gen. Internal Medicine

Toronto, ON

2020 - 2015

  • Data collection, Completing a database for further studies, Literature review and analysis
  • Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Shafiee, MD

Research Volunteer

Baycrest Hospital

North York, ON

2017

  • Running educational programs for older adults and data analysis
  • Supervisor: Dr. Sue Vandermorris, PhD, CPsych

Keenan Research Summer Student

St. Michael’s Hospital

Toronto, ON

2016

  • Observed Memory Clinic and cognitive test administration
  • Supervisor: Dr. Corinne E. Fischer, MD

Research Volunteer

Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Engineering

Tehran, Iran

2009 - 2008

  • Collected data and conducted literature review

Publication

Currently, Dr. Dringenberg and I are writing a comprehensive review paper on sleep and memory which includes the findings of my research.

Critical Care Canada Forum 2019 Abstracts

N/A

N/A

2019 - N/A

  • Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
  • Published abstract

Conference Talk

The Effects of Self-guided Meditation and Napping on Non-Declarative and Declarative Memory Consolidation

N/A

Waterloo, ON

2019

  • Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Sciences meeting
  • Dastgheib, M., Legro L., Stewart M., Dringenberg H.



Poster Presentations

Discrepancy between Clinical Volume Assessment vs. Laboratory Investigations and Change in the Hyponatremia Management

N/A

Tabriz, Iran

2019

  • 17th International Congress of Nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation
  • Shafiee, M., Mumtaz, M., Dastgheib, M., Rezaei, R.

Common Etiologies of Hypernatremia and Current Analytic Approaches Used at University Health Network Hospitals

N/A

Tabriz, Iran

2019

  • 17th International Congress of Nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation
  • Shafiee, M., Dastgheib, M., Sarwar, S., Hajighadimi, S., Rezaei, R.

Current diagnostic approaches to patients with hypernatremia at University Health Network Hospitals

N/A

Toronto, ON

2019

  • 2019 Critical Care Canada Forum (CCCF)
  • Sarwar, S., Shafiee, M., Dastgheib, M., Hajighadimi, S., Ghafarian, H., Rokni, H.

The Effects of Self-guided Meditation and Napping on Non-Declarative and Declarative Memory Consolidation

N/A

Guelph, ON

2018

  • Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association (SONA) conference
  • Dastgheib M., Legro L., Stewart M., Dringenberg H.

Are Older Adults’ Attitudes about Aging Influenced by a Psychoeducational Program?

N/A

Toronto, ON

2017

  • Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Poster Day
  • Dastgheib, M.

Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-Diuretic Hormone (SIADH); Risks and Dangers of a Misnomer

N/A

Toronto, ON

2016

  • 2016 Critical Care Canada Forum (CCCF)
  • Shafiee M., Tabataba-Vakili S., Parastandechehr G., Hakimfaal S., Umar S., Dastgheib M., Nazarian, A., Ghaffarian H.

Enzymatic Activity of Pancreatic ⍺-amylase in Microgravity

N/A

Toronto, ON

2015

  • 2015 Science Rendezvous. Ryerson University
  • Aziz, T., Calabia, D.,Dastgheib, M., Dastgheib, M., Farache, R., Geramy, S., Haberfellner, C., Lee, J., Tampus, J., Upshaw, T

Community Involvement

Content Developer

RISE — Research and Information Science Education

Queen’s University

2019 - 2018

  • Improving research skills and scientific literacy in students
  • Educational outreach at the secondary school level

Volunteer

Providence Care Hospital

Kingston, ON

2019 - 2018

Educational Mentorship

QchaT Psychology

Queen’s University

2019 - 2017

Student Journal Columnist

Music review in Aan magazine

University of Tehran

2012 - 2008

Honours & Awards

Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship Award

Graduate Division

University of California, Riverside

2021

Graduate Student Conference Travel Award

Department of Psychology

Queen’s University

2019

Graduate Student Conference Travel Award

Department of Psychology

Queen’s University

2018

Mitchell and Wilda Andriesky Award

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Queen’s University

2018

Entrance Scholarship

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Queen’s University

2017

Dean’s Honour Roll

Faculty of Science

York University

2016

Dean’s Honour Roll

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Wichita State University

2012

Affiliations & Memberships

Current Memberships

N/A

N/A

N/A

  • Cognitive Science Society
  • Canadian Society for Brain Behaviour & Cognitive Science(CSBBCS)

Past Memberships

N/A

N/A

N/A

  • Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association (SONA)
  • Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Short Online Courses Attended

Certificates in R, Python, SQL, and Tableau

Datacamp

online

current - 2018

Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training

Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences

online

2021

Disclaimer

This CV was made with the R package pagedown and datadrivencv.

Code available on GitHub.

Last updated on 2021-10-11. The most recent version of this CV is available here.